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"Part memoir, part history, 'Burn Book' is a necessary chronicle of tech's most powerful players. This is the inside story we've all been waiting for about modern Silicon Valley and the biggest boom in wealth creation in the history of the world . . . Swisher has interviewed everyone who matters in tech over three decades, right when they presided over an explosion of world-changing innovation that has both helped and hurt our world. Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Sheryl Sandberg, Bob Iger, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Meg Whitman, Peter Thiel, Sam Altman, and Mark Zuckerberg are just a few wom Swisher made sweat--figuratively and, in Zuckerberg's case, literally"--Provided by publisher.

The author offers a coming-of-age look at her time in a big-data startup in Silicon Valley. Discusses the current state of the tech industry that is being destroyed from within from greed, self-delusion, excess, ambitious power, and misogyny.

Reveals how Silicon Valley became sexist and why this male-dominated culture endures despite decades-long claims to the moral high ground; draws on interviews with industry insiders to learn about the venture capital firms of Silicon Valley; and discusses how women in the industry have taken risks to pave the way for others.